What Came Next

This is it. Completely it. Part of what I've been trying to do with this blog is mine archive.org for interesting recordings. This one is it. The group is called what katy did next. This was supposedly recorded in 1985 overnight after breaking into a rehearsal space. The compilation is called somebody pull the chain. It clocks in around 90 minutes. Bits of things pasted together from cassettes.

from archive.org:
this compilation is a collection of recordings from 1985, what katy did next used to break into a rehearsal studio in hull (uk) 100 yards from the humber, play all night long and then leave at 8am in the morning. all the tunes and words are improvised and live. the recording equipment consisted of two microphones and a cassette tape recorder. the compilation was created using copies of the original tapes and two cassette decks. only 3 members of what katy did next are still alive today, 4 are dead, one of the living is lost in scotland.

truth or fiction? I've got no clue, but the music is pretty kick ass and reminds me of some stuff our friends in Halaka have done over the years.

d/l (mp3, 320kbps, 220mb)

That's Irritainment

More Algebrassiere from the horse's lawyer. I once saw a man standing on a street corner but when I looked more closely it wasn't him. I believe Keith may have sent me this in a packet.

The people in here are very definitely orange, with feedbacking on top of ambiance. You'd sort of like to be there, maybe wondering where the bathroom is, what'll happen if you touch that wire, what's going on here, how do I tell him he's got a stain on his shirt. It's christmas, 1978, and you keep forgetting you're in your pajamas.

I would be remiss if I didn't point out that this is a lot of work.

dl (rar, 192kbs mp3)

Tape Hymns

here's the story straight from the source:

This tape is from April 1987. It is mostly my grandmother and her siblings and their spouses sitting around the living room calling out hymns and playing them. I don't know whose idea it was to record this, or whose tape recorder it was. For almost 20 years it sat in the living room until my mom brought it back for me to put on CD-R. These hymns are unrehearsed and possibly sung from memory. This is what happens when tradition, technology, and spontaneity all come together after a big meal and chill out in a comfy living room with a candy dish, piano, and guitar.

d/l here (vbr mp3 50mb)

this is primarily here because I think it's pretty interesting. Don't know why.

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it's been excruciatingly slow here lately. i'd love to say that we're cookin' something up, but that'd be a big ol' lie.